Specialist, APAC Finance, Global Business Services KL

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Bain & Company is one of the world's leading global business consulting firms, serving clients across six continents. It was founded in 1973 on the principle that consultants must measure their success in terms of their clients' financial results. Bain's clients have outperformed the stock market 4 to 1. With offices in all major cities, Bain has worked with over 4,400 major multinational and other corporations from every economic sector, in every region of the world.

In 2021, Bain & Company opened the APAC Global Business Services Center in Kuala Lumpur, to provide the best-in-class internal support, efficiently and professionally, to both leadership and consulting teams in Bain offices across Asia Pacific region.

POSITION SUMMARY 

Based in our Global Business Services center (GBS) in Kuala Lumpur, we are looking for an individual who can be an effective expert in position with experience in general accounting, revenue management, preferably in a captive unit of a multi-national firm. To be successful the individual should be able to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment, comfortable working with various internal stakeholders. The right candidate will look to embed themselves into our diverse and experienced finance team, with main functions to - 

• Assist the Sr. Specialist/ Manager / Sr. Manager to drive: 
  • New projects – Process efficiencies, BDPs etc. 
  • New Process transitions 
  • Focus towards Standardization / Harmonization / Automation 
• Assist the leadership to implement the Finance Strategies 

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Accounting: 
  • Accounting of month end journals and other closing activities 
  • Liaising with stakeholders and colleague in other APAC offices
  • Monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations
  • Supporting in monthly P&L reviews and commentaries
  • Various cost/profit center reconciliations with control on minute details
  • Fixed Assets accounting: Disposals, Capitalization, Documentations, Reconciliation etc.
  • Amortization, Absorption, Accruals, Advance disbursement track etc.
  • Taxation:
    • Strong understanding of taxation rules and adaptability to learn taxation procedures of various offices.
    • Ensuring correct tax accounting as per local office rules and compliances
  • Treasury Management:
    • Supporting on the cash forecasting process and reporting 
  • Intercompany Accounting 
    • Intercompany AP/AR review and reconciliation 
    • End to End Intercompany settlements or netting

• Reporting:
  • Monthly Reporting to the stakeholders
  • Cost to Revenue reporting etc.
  • GST/VAT/SST/Withholding tax/TDS etc.

• Liaise with Regional and Global teams as appropriate for ad-hoc and other requirements.
• Team scope management: Remain open and constructive to other process within Accounting and Finance that the team can support with or adopt, based on team skills, resourcing and opportunity to contribute to the wider reginal finance success.
• Project Management: Ability to support the leadership to drive multiple organization projects.
• Lead and Support Internal and External Audit

KEY REQURIMENTS

• Strong Accounting concepts / knowledge
• Prior working knowledge in ERP (preferably SAP)
• Excellent MS-Excel Knowledge
• Ability to work under pressure
• Transition and process improvement experience
• Thorough end-to-end process knowledge in GL (Closing, Reporting, Consolidation, Cash & Banking, Fixed Assets, Reconciliations)
• Exposure in R2R activities (Record to Report), Tax and Treasury activities
• Independent handling of queries and client management
• Good presentation skills 
• Eager to take up new initiatives and process improvements 
• Independently prepare reports/ dashboards and analyze the contents
• Capability to create and maintain controlled process environments 
• Maintain DTPs and versions
• Excellent client management abilities and exposure to account management 

QUALIFICATIONS/ ABOUT YOU 

• Essential
  • CA / CPA, bachelor’s degree in accounting, MBA (Finance) or M. Com, with a minimum of 4-8 years of post-qualification experience 
  • Experience in General Accounting and R2R 
  • Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and statutory compliance 
  • Track record of delivering work on-time and zero defect
  • Proficiency in English and Cantonese / Mandarin both written and verbal 
  • Flexible and adaptable to change with a passion for results 
  • Strong team player, working with the Finance team located at different locations.
  • Proficient Microsoft office skills, with advanced Excel skills 

• Desired but not essential: 
  • Experience or exposure to international markets/ multi-geography context 
  • Process Transition experience 
  • Experience in captive unit or business consulting firm 
  • Experience in SAP 
  • Revenue related activities:
    • Invoice creation
    • Invoice booking 
    • Collections booking 
    • Ageing reports etc. 
  • Cost accounting: Cost reconciliation for various projects aligned with business services agreements
  • KPI's
  • Dashboards